The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 10, 2005
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
10:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1018
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.37° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.54° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.